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been placed with or near individual 

human remains at the time of death or 

later as part of the death rite or 

ceremony. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Buena Vista 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; California Valley Miwok 

Tribe, California; Cher-Ae Heights 

Indian Community of the Trinidad 

Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Federated Indians of Graton 

Rancheria, California; Guidiville 

Rancheria of California; Ione Band of 

Miwok Indians of California; 

Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians 

of California; Picayune Rancheria of the 

Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California; Shingle 

Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle 

Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), 

California; Table Mountain Rancheria; 

Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule 

River Reservation, California; Tuolumne 

Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the 

Tuolumne Rancheria of California; 

United Auburn Indian Community of 

the Auburn Rancheria, California; and 

the Wilton Rancheria, California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Official identified in 

ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 

may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes identified in this notice and, if 

joined to a request from one or more of 

the Indian Tribes, the Muwekma Ohlone 

Indian Tribe of the SF Bay Area, 

California; Nashville Enterprise MiwokMaidu-Nishinam Tribe, California; 

North Valley Yokuts Tribe, California; 

Wuksache Indian Tribe/Eshom Valley 

Band, California; and the Confederated 

Villages of Lisjan Nation. 

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice who shows, 

by a preponderance of the evidence, that 

the requestor is a lineal descendant or 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects in this 

notice to a requestor may occur on or 

after January 18, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Grand Rapids Public Museum must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

are considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Grand Rapids 

Public Museum is responsible for 

sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribes identified in this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: December 8, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27788 Filed 12–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037079; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand 

Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, 

MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Grand 

Rapids Public Museum has completed 

an inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and associated funerary objects and 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Lee County, FL. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Alex Forist, Chief Curator, 

272 Pearl Street NW, Grand Rapids, MI 

49504, telephone (616) 929–1809, email 

aforist@grpm.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the Grand Rapids 

Public Museum. The National Park 

Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records held 

by the Grand Rapids Public Museum. 

Description 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, four 

individuals were removed from Lee 

County, FL. At an unknown date, Dr. 

J.W. Velie, a medical professional and 

professor who lived in St. Joseph, MI, 

and wintered in Florida reportedly 

purchased the human remains and 

artifact from an unknown individual 

that were said to have been found in a 

grave in 1880. From 1870 to 1893, Velie 

was employed as an assistant curator for 

the Academy of Science in Chicago, IL, 

and following the Great Chicago Fire, he 

conducted field work in Cuba, Florida, 

and the Yucatan to collect specimens to 

help rebuild the Academy’s collections. 

The Grand Rapids Public Museum 

acquired the human remains and 

funerary object from Velie in 1909. The 

age of the human remains is unknown. 

The one associated funerary object is an 

ornamental metal coin piece that has 

been hammered and has punched holes. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: archeological 

information, geographical information, 

oral history, and historical information. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Grand Rapids Public 

Museum has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of four individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The one object described in this 

notice are reasonably believed to have 

been placed with or near individual 

human remains at the time of death or 

later as part of the death rite or 

ceremony. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Miccosukee Tribe of 

Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida; The 

Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and The 

Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. 


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Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Official identified in 

ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 

may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

identified in this notice. 

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice who shows, 

by a preponderance of the evidence, that 

the requestor is a lineal descendant or 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects in this 

notice to a requestor may occur on or 

after January 18, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Grand Rapids Public Museum must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

are considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Grand Rapids 

Public Museum is responsible for 

sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations identified in this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: December 8, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27789 Filed 12–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037089; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion 

Amendment: California State 

University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 

CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; amendment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), California 

State University, Los Angeles has 

amended a Notice of Inventory 

Completion published in the Federal 

Register on August 28, 2023. This notice 

amends the number of associated 

funerary objects in a collection removed 

from Clark County, NV. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Michele Bleuze, California 

State University, 5151 State University 

Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032, 

telephone (323) 343–2440, email 

mbleuze@calstatela.edu and Amira 

Ainis, California State University, 5151 

State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 

90032, telephone (323) 343–2449, email 

aainis2@calstatela.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the California 

State University, Los Angeles. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

amendments and determinations in this 

notice, including the results of 

consultation, can be found in the 

inventory or related records held by the 

California State University, Los Angeles. 

Amendment 

This notice amends the 

determinations published in a Notice of 

Inventory Completion in the Federal 

Register (88 FR 58605–58606, August 

28, 2023). Repatriation of the items in 

the original Notice of Inventory 

Completion has not occurred. This 

notice amends the number of associated 

funerary objects as listed in the original 

notice. Upon the rehousing of ancestors 

at the request of the Indian Tribes, 

additional associated funerary objects 

were discovered. 

From the CK2003 Mill Point #1 site 

(also referred to as the Fremont Point 

site) in Clark County, NV, the two 

associated funerary objects (no 

associated funerary objects were 

previously listed) include one bird 

humerus and one chipmunk or ground 

squirrel distal left tibia. Both associated 

funerary objects were found with Burial 

2. 

Determinations (as Amended) 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the California State 

University, Los Angeles has determined 

that: 

• The human remains represent the 

physical remains of two individuals of 

Native American ancestry. 

• The two associated funerary objects 

described in this amended notice are 

reasonably believed to have been placed 

with or near individual human remains 

at the time of death or later as part of 

the death rite or ceremony. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Colorado River 

Indian Tribes of the Colorado River 

Indian Reservation, Arizona and 

California; Confederated Tribes of the 

Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; 

Fort Independence Indian Community 

of Paiute Indians of the Fort 

Independence Reservation, California; 

Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, 

California, and Nevada; Hualapai Indian 

Tribe of the Hualapai Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Kaibab Band of 

Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian 

Reservation, Arizona; Las Vegas Tribe of 

Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas Indian 

Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of Paiute 

Indians of the Moapa River Indian 

Reservation, Nevada; and the Paiute 

Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of 

Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, 

Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian 

Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits 

Band of Paiutes). 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Official identified in 

ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 

may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes organizations identified in this 

notice. 

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice who shows, 

by a preponderance of the evidence, that 

the requestor is a lineal descendant or 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects in this 

notice to a requestor may occur on or 

after January 18, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the California State University, Los 

Angeles must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The California State 

University, Los Angeles is responsible 

for sending a copy of this notice to the 

Indian Tribes identified in this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, 0.13, 

and 10.14. 


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